The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-27
ON THE WING.

Abuot the most beautiful thing in ma
ture is fine old elm tree, and yet you
never heard of young man asking even
the finest of elm trees to go with him to q
party or for moonlight drive in anarrow-
seated bucgy.-Boston Journal of Eiuca-
ton.
In Rhode Island factory town a GER
tain employer paid out to his employees
on Saturday night 500 in new bills that
had been secretly marked. On the fol-
lowing Monday $400 OF these marked bills
were deposited in the bank by the saloon
keepers of the town.
One Sam Mays placed on exhibition in
front of store in Jefferson, Butts Coanty,
that has been seen il that Section in many
days. 1t measured seventy.eight inches
and had twenty-one rattles and button.
Mr.. Mays killed it in Florida.
Aa English paper tells wild tale about
an old German who has invented a safe
that on its lock being tempered with
throws open its doors, seizes and drags and
locks In the burglar and handouts and
holds him in readiness to be conducted to
the police court in the morning.
The Atlanta Constitution is raising
money with which to buy horse for the
Rev. L. H. Smith, a Methodist preacher,
who has charge of the Etowab circuit in
Georgia. Too poor to Cwn horse, he
walks his circuit, frequently tramplng IF
teen miles to meet an appointment. He
has wife, five children and salary of 500
a yesr.
Mrs. Catherine Leach, of Logan, Ohio,
celebrated the one hundredth anniversary
of her birth on July g. She was born in
Philadelphia on the 8th day of July, 1881.
Mrs. Leach, until year or two ago, was as
active in mind and body as most women
several years yet.
The village improvement society of West
borough, Mass, has Put in practice an idea
which may yield rich results in the deyel-
opmeDt of neatness. Large baskets have
been placed in the corridor of the postof-
fee, and there are conspicuously displayed
printed requests that people, instead OF
throwing envelopes aud newspapers on the
floor or sidewalks, will drop them in the
baskets.
President Cable, of the Chicago Rock
Island and Pacific Railroad, and its dir
ectors, have recently returned from a tour
of inspection, on which they made re-
markabIy fast time. The train, consisting
of locomotive, baggage car and tUo
official cars, left the Missouri River at 5
q. m, saturday, arriving AT Cntcago az
p. the same day. making the entire
run of 500 miles in exactly thirteen hours,
or an average of 3S 40 miles per hour, in
Guiding stops. Doe run of Al miles was
made in forty eight minutes, and another
OF 3 miles in eleven minutes.
Joseph Cray, OF Trail Greek township,
Mo-. is 1917 years old. He was born in
Virginia January Is, 17S5, has been mar
ried sixty-five years, is the father of eleven
children, cast his first vote for Thoma,
Jefferson, has always voted the Demo
cratic ticket, never smoked in his life, has
chewed tobacco since he was small boy,
has always used liquor IN moderation, was
never drunk in his life has been a member
of the Methodist Church for over seventy
five years, and Is still quite vigorous.
Last spring two wrens began houseksep
ing in the lattice work OF the porch OF N
w. Dutton, Of Lewiston, Me- They were
made welcome and so well treated that
other wrens came there to live also. There
are DOW over twenty in the little colony,
The ether day q cat appeared in the yard,
whereupon the wreps set up great chat
tering. Mrs. Dutton went out to see what
was the matter, and when she appeared the
birds flew to her and perohed on her head
and shoulders and srms apparently know
ing that she would protect them from
their epemy.